Chuck English: Get off the internet and grow a beard. Go outside. Sir Michael Rocks: Yo. What it do? What it do? Sir Michael Rocks.

It was November 1997. Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids was in eighth grade and had been invited to a friend’s 13th birthday party. Everybody from his middle school class was there—the cool kids, if you ...

The release of a new album from Chicago blog-era rap legends the Cool Kids is a high point in what’s been a banner year for authentic hip-hop. It’s mind-boggling to realize that the duo of Mikey Rocks ...

The duo’s forthcoming album, “Hi-Top Fade,” will arrive via Fool’s Gold Records later this year. Toward the end of the visual, there’s a dedication to the late Mac Miller, who died of a drug overdose ...